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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2897845, member: 24314"]Thank you for bringing that up! Just about any characteristic on a coin can be misleading to the <span style="color: #b300b3">uninformed</span>. For example, those <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> folks often think a genuine coin with a few raised pimples due to a rusty die is a counterfeit! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While looking closely <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> at coins, I've learned that any characteristic that can be found on a counterfeit coin (tool marks in this case) can also be found on a genuine coin. Furthermore, the reverse is true! Professional authenticators and informed collectors such as yourself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> know this and I expect that is why you posted the comment. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I understand your post correctly, you imply that a <span style="color: #b300b3">large number</span> of 19th Century coins exhibit tool marks and thus may be thought to be counterfeits. I have not found that to be the case. What I have found is that these die defects (tool marks) are more common on counterfeit coins of any era by a very, very wide margin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you could show us some images of a few 19th Century coins with tool marks. One more thing which you know but others here may not, is that in recent times (1980's to today), tool marks are rarely seen on any coins except for the poorest made fakes and least deceptive junk![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2897845, member: 24314"]Thank you for bringing that up! Just about any characteristic on a coin can be misleading to the [COLOR=#b300b3]uninformed[/COLOR]. For example, those :bucktooth: folks often think a genuine coin with a few raised pimples due to a rusty die is a counterfeit! :facepalm: While looking closely :watching: at coins, I've learned that any characteristic that can be found on a counterfeit coin (tool marks in this case) can also be found on a genuine coin. Furthermore, the reverse is true! Professional authenticators and informed collectors such as yourself :bookworm: know this and I expect that is why you posted the comment. If I understand your post correctly, you imply that a [COLOR=#b300b3]large number[/COLOR] of 19th Century coins exhibit tool marks and thus may be thought to be counterfeits. I have not found that to be the case. What I have found is that these die defects (tool marks) are more common on counterfeit coins of any era by a very, very wide margin. Perhaps you could show us some images of a few 19th Century coins with tool marks. One more thing which you know but others here may not, is that in recent times (1980's to today), tool marks are rarely seen on any coins except for the poorest made fakes and least deceptive junk![/QUOTE]
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